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Participants of the USAID Transforming Market Systems Activity in Honduras.

Beyond the Partnership: A Learning Journey to Catalyzing Locally Led Development

Locally led development is not only the right thing to do, but also the best way to achieve broad-based, long-term results.

ACDI / VOCA

Apr 06, 2023

Markets and Trade Policy and Governance

A man and a woman speaking at a forum; on the wall behind them is a wide-screen monitor showing the entire panel of four speakers.

Partnering for Change: Highlighting the Successes of USAID-Funded Agricultural-Policy Research and Capacity Building

How we define a problem is as important as the solutions we bring to the table. The IFPRI ReSAKSS agreement helped shape how USAID and the world understand and respond...

Biniam Iyob

Apr 03, 2023

Professor Fetien Abera and women barley farmers in Ethiopia stand in a field.

It's Time for Gender-Responsive Agri-food Policies that Address the Needs of Women

African Women in Agricultural Research and Development has opened the Call for the second Cohort of its Gender Responsive Agriculture Systems Policy (GRASP) Fellowship to women in policy who are...

Dorine Odongo

Mar 31, 2023

Agricultural Productivity Gender Policy and Governance

A woman stands amid rows of ground nuts in plastic bowls.

Local Demand from Local Scientists: Improving Groundnut Breeding in Africa with Precision Technologies

As an enigmatic plant disease threatens one of the most important legume crops in Africa, a Pan Africa network of plant breeders collected germplasm and leveraged state-of-the-art genotyping to find...

Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Peanut

Mar 28, 2023

Agricultural Productivity Climate and Natural Resources Education and Extension Food Safety Markets and Trade Policy and Governance Resilience

Women farmers in Kasungu district of Malawi talk with researchers from the Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Peanut and others in February about the training and input support they receive from Limbe Leaf.

Researching Challenges and Opportunities for Gender-Inclusive Groundnut Commercialization in Malawi

As Malawi makes a historic transition away from tobacco as its dominant cash crop, companies in the tobacco sector are turning to other crops, such as groundnut, and working to...

Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Peanut

Mar 28, 2023

Agricultural Productivity Education and Extension Markets and Trade Gender Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning Policy and Governance

Not Just Farmers’ Wives: Overcoming Stereotypes of Women in Agriculture

Are women in agriculture destined to remain “the farmer’s wife” and never farmers in their own right, even if they do most of the agricultural work?

CABI: Centre for Agriculture and Biosciences International

Mar 23, 2023

Agricultural Productivity Gender Policy and Governance Resilience

Women sit on the ground while harvesting litchi.

How Can Gender Research and Evidence Influence Policies to Empower Women?

Women can be empowered through evidence-based policies, which is possible through thoughtful projects that yield desired data for targeted, impactful interventions.

Mahesh Chander

Mar 21, 2023

Climate and Natural Resources Education and Extension Gender Policy and Governance Resilience

A woman kneels in a field as people behind her work.

Service Systems Strengthening and Social Accountability as a Pathway to Improved Climate Resilience and Food Security in Nepal

In Nepal, more women than men work in agriculture and their time poverty affects their well-being and interferes with infant and young child feeding and care.

Shivi Thakur

Mar 15, 2023

Agricultural Productivity Climate and Natural Resources Food Safety Gender Policy and Governance Resilience

Graphic showing that learning needs to move from being an internal program function (PROVE and IMPROVE) to a firm and system capacity level (TRANSFORM).

Shifting the Locus of Learning: Catalyzing Private Sector Learning to Drive Systemic Change

This brief makes the case for why strengthening learning within firms and other market actors, as well as across systems, should be a more central component of economic development programming...

Market Systems and Partnerships MSP

MarketShare Associates

Ben Fowler

VIVEKAN JEYAGARAN

Anna Garloch

Meghan Bolden

Feb 01, 2023

Agricultural Productivity Markets and Trade Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning Policy and Governance

A woman feeds livestock using a large bag of food. The food is placed in a trough.

Women-Inclusive Livestock Development Helps Improve Women's Empowerment

When women do most of the animal husbandry tasks, their contributions should be recognized.

Mahesh Chander

Jan 26, 2023

Education and Extension Gender Policy and Governance

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Ask the Expert on Strengthening National Policy Systems: Bridging the Disconnect between the Evidence and Action for Food Security

Jun 25, 2018 online

Agrilinks will host a special 30-minute Q&A with food security policy researchers Suresh Chandra Babu and Duncan Boughton on what recent policy research shows us on the way forward in...

Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning Nutrition Policy and Governance

Agrilinks Event

Ask the Expert: Africa's Green Revolution and Policy Levers

Jun 07, 2018 online

Agriculture and food policy is a critical development tool that can help direct agricultural transformation to best suit country needs and goals. On June 7, Agrilinks will host a special...

Agricultural Productivity Policy and Governance

Agrilinks Event

Water Governance, Training and Gender in Agriculture: A New Evidence Base

May 24, 2018 Ronald Reagan Building 1300 Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Hemispheres Room Washington, District of Columbia, 20004, United States

Impact evaluations help attribute outcomes to a development intervention, which can be an elusive connection. Feed the Future is excited to showcase findings from its recently completed impact evaluation that...

Agricultural Productivity Climate and Natural Resources Policy and Governance Resilience

Agrilinks Event

Strengthening Civil Society's Role in Development: A Partner's Perspective

Nov 08, 2017 online

This webinar will highlight the tools, approaches, and processes used to engage local partners and promote effective civil society and local engagement for sustainable outcomes. Strengthening Civil Society's Role in...

Climate and Natural Resources Education and Extension Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning Policy and Governance Youth

Agrilinks Event

The Business Case for Land Rights: Private Sector Perspectives on Responsible Land-Based Investment Webinar

Nov 02, 2017 online

USAID LandLinks is working to support private sector partners to de-risk investments and secure legitimate land rights in order to improve livelihoods and other outcomes for communities affected by investments...

Climate and Natural Resources Markets and Trade Policy and Governance

Agrilinks Event

CAADP Technical Networks: Building Capacity for Africa’s Agricultural Development

May 04, 2017

In order to carry out key commitments of the Malabo Declaration to transform agriculture across Africa, the Comprehensive Africa Agriculture Development Programme (CAADP) is dedicated to strengthening technical capacity among...

Agricultural Productivity Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning Policy and Governance Agricultural Productivity Nutrition Youth

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Market Systems Global Learning and Evidence Exchange (GLEE) - Bangkok, Thailand

Mar 21, 2017 to Mar 24, 2017 Conrad Bangkok Hotel 87 Witthayu Rd, Khwaeng Lumphini, Khet Pathum Wan, Krung Thep Maha Nakhon Bangkok, 10330, Thailand

The U.S. Agency for International Development Bureau for Food Security (USAID BFS) has collaborated with leaders and practitioners across the development landscape to share knowledge, good practices and lessons learned...

Markets and Trade Agricultural Productivity Resilience Nutrition Policy and Governance Education and Extension Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning Agricultural Productivity Food Safety Markets and Trade Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning Nutrition Policy and Governance Resilience

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Ask Ag About... Positive Youth Development

Feb 22, 2017 online

Involving youth in agriculture has become a major focus in development, as many countries continue to struggle with youth unemployment. Join this month's Ask Ag Online Chat, where the Feed...

Youth Education and Extension Gender Agricultural Productivity Climate and Natural Resources Gender Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning Nutrition Policy and Governance

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Ask Ag About... How Food Systems Need to Adapt as Populations Shift and Grow

Jan 26, 2017 online

As urbanization continues to skyrocket in cities across the globe, the role of rural agricultural production to feed urban populations becomes increasingly difficult. Join this month’s Ask Ag online chat...

Agricultural Productivity Markets and Trade Nutrition Policy and Governance Resilience Agricultural Productivity Education and Extension Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning Youth

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Webinar: Addressing Food Safety in Animal Source Foods for Improved Nutrition

Jan 25, 2017 online

January 25, 2017 This is the third event in the Livestock & Household Nutrition Learning Series, convened by Land O’Lakes International Development and the International Livestock Research Institute and funded...

Agricultural Productivity Food Safety Nutrition Policy and Governance Agricultural Productivity Climate and Natural Resources Education and Extension Markets and Trade Gender Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning Nutrition Policy and Governance Resilience